Live Auction 2435500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets
A FRENCH MAJOLICA HERON PEDESTAL AND IRIS JARDINIERE
Lot 260

A FRENCH MAJOLICA HERON PEDESTAL AND IRIS JARDINIERE

DATED 1889, BLACK PAINTED DELPHIN MASSIER VALLAURIS A.M. MARKS, RECORDED AS MODEL NOS. 1002 AND 1032

Closed15 April 2011

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A FRENCH MAJOLICA HERON PEDESTAL AND IRIS JARDINIERE
DATED 1889, BLACK PAINTED DELPHIN MASSIER VALLAURIS A.M. MARKS, RECORDED AS MODEL NOS. 1002 AND 1032
The pedestal modeled as a heron standing before bulrushes, its top and base as faux marble, the jardinière molded with irises
61¼ in. (155.6 cm.) high, overall (2)

Specialist note

See D. Massier, planche 21, for an archival photograph illustrating these forms.